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Hardwood Bark, 1923

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  • Our Chief of Police, Mr. Shade Stacy, is seriously ill at the Knox Creek Hospital. Mr. C. F. Ratliffe, of the Hurley Store force, has been transferred to Lower Elk, and Mr. Kenneth Crockett, of Blackey, has succeeded him. Miss Jennie Fields is leaving soon for her vacation. She expects to visit in Richlands, Virginia. BLACKEY Prof. H. L. Graham recently began a summer school here, which is proving very successful. Mr. Graham is a very able teacher and we are fortunate in having him with us. Blackey mill made a fine record Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of this week, cutting 50,000, 39,000 and 48,000 consecutively. Mr. W. T. Snidow has recently built a new conveyor at the mill which adds to the appearance of the mill very much. Mr. Ey reports a very fine time during his visit to points in eastern Virginia. Mrs. H. C. Thompson was recently called to her home at Wil- coe, West Virginia, on account of the serious illness of her mother. We all hope she will soon recover. Mr. Oliver Clevenger called at the home of Mr. W. A. Lester where he was entertained by Miss Lelia M. Hipps of Hurley, Virginia. Oliver says that he never, in all his life, had such a pleasant time. On last Saturday evening Mr. James and Mr. Smith went to take a shower bath. After their failure to return to the Club House, efforts were made to locate the missing parties. Soon it was learned that they made a bee line for the Hurley Hospital. .Are shower baths dangerous ? Born to Mr. and Mrs. Paris Justice, twin boys. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. McClanahan were recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crockett, of this place. When it comes to playing tennis, Mr. Fred J. Smith wears the championship badge, closely followed by several others. Messrs. Ey, James and Smith, spent Saturday evening in Hurley. Apparently they had a "huge" time. Miss Blanch Hicks of the Knox Creek Hospital is spending her vacation at her home in Georgia. On her way home, she attended the Shriners' Convention at Washington. Miss Edna York is home again after quite a lengthy stay at Iaeger, West Virginia. Mr. Wayne Hall, of Matewan, West Virginia, has accepted the position of tallyman at the Hurley mill. J. F. Rose and Cleve Ratliff, of Lower Elk, were the weekend visitors of friends in Hurley. Messrs. W. M. Ritter, W. M. Pryor, S. L. Calfee, A. A. Kopp, A. D. Carson, and E. E. Ritter, recently visited the Knox Creek plants. We were delighted to have the officials of our Company pay us a visit. And from all reports they were very much pleased with the quality and quantity of the production of our mills. Mrs. W. A. Lawrence is leaving soon for Greenbrier Springs, West Virginia, where she will spend the month of July. Miss Missouri Lester has just returned from a Young Peoples Convention at Abingdon, Virginia, where she was sent as a delegate. Superintendent W. B. Ross has been called away on business for the Company and will be absent several days. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lawrence chaperoned a party of young folks to the dance at Lower Elk, Saturday, June 16th, given by the young men. One and all reported a "splendacious" good time. Those who attended the dance were: Misses Lelia Hipps, Mae Holbrook, Messers Johnnie Hook and Wayne Hall, and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lawrence. As the "Hurley Special" pulled into Lower Elk, Mr. A. D. Carson appeared on the scene with a beaming face. We all wondered why. Nuffsed! Mr. Clyde Fuller, of Blackey, is a patient at the Hurley Hospital, but is improving rapidly and will soon be back home again. "Rev." T. A. Justus, of Grundy, Virginia, preached a very interesting sermon for us Sunday night. Mrs. B. C. Gooslin, a former patient of Battle Creek Sanitarium is now a patient at the Knox Creek Hospital, where she will undergo an operation. McCLURE Mrs. Porter Barnette and children have gone to Elizabethton, Tenn., to spend the summer months. B. P. Rowe of Elkhorn City, Ky., spent the week end with his family here. Fred Stewart, formerly of Proctor, North Carolina, is now employed at the McClure planing mill. ^ . .•u.»"-*3fj,»!^,,T«%,-J'!>.-< .;■ ■3 THE SMOKY MOUNTAIN PASSENGER TRAIN When this picture was taken Granville Calhoun was filling the position of conductor, and Charley- Wilson was engineer. The latter is still "on the job." Twenty-one
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